Horseshoer.



1ro. HANCOCK.

HORSBSHOBR.

APPLICATION FILED 0003.16, 190s.

Patented J an. 3, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

J. C. HANCOCK.

HomLsHoER.v APPLICATION FILED 0UT.16', 1909 I Patented Jan. 8, 1913..

2 'SHEETS-SHEET 2.

@wom/1150@ @LW/hueso@ JAMES c. HANcocK, or encreur,- wns'r VIRGINIA.

specification-of Letters Patent."

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Patent-.ea aan. 3,1911;

Application led October 16, 1909. Serial No. 522,998.

To all whom it may concern:

itknown that. l, JAMES C. HANCOCK,- citizen ot' the United States, residing at y Beckley, inthe county et Raleigh and State ot' 'West lf'irginimhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoers, of which. the following is a'speciication.

My invention'is directed to a mechanism for shoeing horses, 4the object of the invention being to provide a construction whereby the horses hoof may be held clamped in position upon a shoe, and the horseshoe nails then gradually forced throu h the nail holes inthe shoe and into the hoo while the hoof is still clamped inposition.

The mechanism includes opposed standards having a shoe'seat, nail carriers slidable on the standards and adapted to support a series of nails in a projecting position, and mechanism for forcing the nail carriers toward the -shoe, whereby to force them through the holes in the horseshoe and into the horses hoof. y

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, and to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is to' be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of my imroved mechanism:` Fie. 2 is a side view ot" l i:

one of the sections of the device, the winding shaft being shown in section; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section; Figffi'is a fragmentary detail section showing a. nail carrier raised; and, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one section' of the nail carrier detached from its surrounding parts.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views ot the drawings by the same reference characters.

The mechanism is made in two opposed sections, both alike, except in one pointv as hereinafter stated. Each section consists of a seinicirculai'base -2 from which extends the spaced standards 3. The upper ends of these standards converge toward each other, as at 4, and the upper ends of'these converging portions carry the ring-like bearings 5 having pivot pins (3, as shown particularly in Fig. 8, projecting-down into sockets 1n the upper ends of -the converging standards, whereby the bearings mayhave rotation 1n a horizontal plane.

' Eachof thesections carries one half of a shoe seat 7. These' seat sections and the base sectionsQ are hinged together at theirA forward ends, as at .7, and tlie seat, sections are shouldered on their interior face, as at 8, the upper portion of the seat sections, above the shoulder, beinglarge enough to fsurround a horseshoe A, while the shoulder forms a seat upon which the horseshoe will rest and be supported. Formed with or attached to the inner faces '-1 of the converging ends of the spaced standards, are the outwardlyprojecting and somewhat franvergent ears 9 which are adapted to tit over the'front of the horses hoof and hold it in position upon the'shoe when the shoe is in proper positionupon the shoe seat. Mounted upon the standards 3 'are' the slides 1()4 which are recessed at their ends, as at 1()a for engagement withthe'standards. Each of the slides 10 supports' a nail carrying block 11. Each nail carrying block is recessed upon its upper face and upon its outer margin,'the recess conforming to the line of nails in a horseshoe and being located of course immediately beneath the shoe seat. The recess 12 may be provided with any. desired magnetic means whereby a se- -ries of horse shoenails may be supported in an upright position, the heads ot' the nails resting inthe recess. This magnetic means, however, is not necessary to the operation of my inventio-n,.as will be seen in the description of the operation.

Attached to each of the slides is a hook 14, and passing through the bearings 5 is the Winding .shaft 16 connected to each of the hooks 1L1 bv chains 15. It will be obvious Athat when vthe winding shaft is turned, the

slides forming the iiail carriers will be drawn upward toward the. shoe supported on the shoe seat. Perforated guides 18 are attached to the upper ends of the'standards, through which the chains 15 pass. So far both of the sections are precisely alike, but in order to clamp the sections rigidly t0- gether in an adj-usted position, one of the base plates is l'foi'n'led with a bridge 20, while theopposite base plate is formed with a pivoted tongue 21 which enters beneath the bridge 20 and is engaged by a set screw passingthrough the bridge. I' do not wish to 'be limited, however, to this means of clampthe sections in their relative position to each other. It is t-o be'understoodthat the base of my mechanism is to bev -su'liiciently heavy and solid so that when clamped upon a horses hoof, it will hold the hoof firmly in pla-ce, and that the mechanismis to be made so strongly aste withstand the strain to which it is subjected. v

The operation of the mechanism is as follows: A shoe is placed upon the shoe seat, the sections being brought relatively close to each other for this purpose, and the horses hoof is to be inserted between the upper ends of the sections and to restupon the shoe which issupported in the seat. The two sections are then to be clamped together so that the projecting ears 9 will fit over the front of t-he hoof and liold it in place. The shaft is then inserted through the bearings ofthe upper ends of thestandards, and connected to the chains 15. 'A setof horse shoe nails is then placed within the recess or nail seatll, the shanks'of the nails projecting upward and the pointed extremities of the nails enteringr the openings or holes in the horse shoe but not projecting above the same. These parts being arranged as described, the winding shaft is turned, which will draw the carriers upward, forcing the nails through the horseshoe and into the horses hoof. lVhen the nails have been completely forced 'into the horses hoof, the sections are removed for new operation. It will be seen that all the nails are forced in at one time, thus expediting the shoeing and very much simplifying it.

Having thus described theinvention, what .I claim is 1. A horse shoeing mechanism comprising a hliof support, a shoe seat mounted on the hoo/f support, means for clampingthe hoof upon the support, a nail carrier movable toward the shoe seat and adapted to support a set of nails, and mechanism for forcing the carrier toward the shoe seat.

2. A horse shoeing mechanism comprising a hoof support., a shoe seat mounted on the hoof support, clamping members formed of sections movable toward and away from each other, a nail carrier movable toward the shoe seat and adapted to support a set of nails with their points projecting through the seat and the shoe thereon, and mechanism for forcing the carrier toward the shoe seat..

3. A horse shoeing mechanism'eomprising opposed standards having a^ hinged connection toeac'h other, a horseshoe seat formed in two parts andattached tothe standards so as to be clamped upon a horseshoe, means for supporting a horses hoot` upon the horseshoe, ,means for holding the standards in their adjusted position to clamp Athe jshoe upon the seat, nail carriers movable upon the standards and provided with means for supporting a series of nails with the points .of the nails projecting through the shoe seat rier and the winding shaft.

yone sectionattached to each of the toward theV shoe Seat, and means for clamp ing the base plates in relative adjusted posisions.

5. A horse shoeing mechanism including a hoof support, a shoe seat, anail carrier -movable toward theshoevseat and having means for supporting a' set of horseshoe nails, the points of the nails projecting toward the said seat, a winding shaft, connections between said winding shaft and the nail carrier for drawing the latter toward the shoe seat.

6. In a horse shoeing mechanism, a sectional base, the sections hinged to each other,l opposed standards mounted on the sections of the base, a Ashoe-seat formed in sections and mounted on the standards, a winding shaft supported above the shoe seat, a sec, tional nail carrier'niounted on the standards and movable to and from the shoe seat, and connections between said sectional nail car- 7. A horse shoeing mechanism comprising a sectional base plate, the sections being hinged to each other -and providedvwith 'means whereby they may be angularlyadjusted with relationto each other, opposed pairs of standards mounted on. each of the sections of the'base plate, the upper ends of each pair lofstandards converging, bearings formed intheupper ends of the standards, a winding shaft detachably mounted insaid bearings, a shoe seat formed in `two sections, airs of standards, the said sections being hin ed-to each other and located'below the windingshaft--bearings, lugs above the shoe seat for holding Athe horses hoof thereon, slides mounted bet-ween'each pair of standardsand movable to .and from the shoe seat', nail blocks supported Von said slides, each block A being 'formed with an outer marginal ,cha-nnel formmg a nail seat and flexible connecshaft, whereby the slides may be drawn l tions between -said slides -and the winding A 

